What Mine Eyes Have Seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \u201cMine Eyes Have Seen\u201d, the play does not teach piety and virtue. Instead, it teaches what Plato depicted as \u201chold the mirror up to the nature\u201d. The play teaches amoral citizen behavior such as crime and racism. For instance, this family move to a new city where they were being harassed by white people, who did not want them there just because of the color of their skin. In \u201cMine Eyes Have Seen\u201d, Dan says \u201cnotices posted on the fence for us to leave town because niggers had no business having a decent home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \u201cMine Eyes Have Seen\u201d, the play also teaches crime and unpunishment. The house of this newcomer family was burned by the racist people and with that the family goals and plans were literally destroyed. Dan says, \u201cTo see them go up in the smoke of our burned home\u201d referring to their plans. Their father was also killed and the person who committed the crime was never incarcerated. Chris says, \u201cMust I go and fight for the nation that let my father\u2019s murder go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What Mine Eyes Have Seen In \u201cMine Eyes Have Seen\u201d, the play does not teach piety and virtue. Instead, it teaches what Plato depicted as \u201chold the mirror up to the nature\u201d. The play teaches amoral citizen behavior such as crime and racism. For instance, this family move to a new city where they were … Continue reading Mine Eyes Have Seen<\/span>